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Mr. Vivek Anand Vanmeeganathan is the Facility Manager and Director of Caterpillar India Private Limited, RIOP division, Thiruvallur.
As a managing director of RIOP, Mr. Vivek is responsible for the performance of the Caterpillar India operation in Thiruvallur as well as developing and executing the long-term strategy for the facility in alignment with the overall Caterpillar strategy.
In 27+ Years at Caterpillar, he has held a variety of leadership positions in manufacturing, manufacturing engineering, 6 Sigma and Caterpillar Production System (CPS). While currently based in Chennai, he has had previous assignments in Hosur, India. He has worked in numerous new project introductions and has been part of huge capital deployment of Caterpillar in India.
Mr. Vivek holds a bachelor’s degree (Production Engineering) from NIT, Trichy, India; and master’s degree (Engineering Management) from BITS, Pilani, India. He has also completed his EMBA from Harvard University. He has been an active member of key industry associations in India. He is the President of ICEMA and has served as Vice President, Governing Council Member, Chairman - Task Force on Academia, EXCON, Convenor of Data Analytics Panel for past 13 years 'Currently serving as a Convenor of Technology and Sustainability panel; Executive Committee Member of AmCham, Chennai; He is also a Member of CII Southern Region.
